bush. >> back to that old saw. george w. bush raised taxes. the last time we had a major tax increase under president clinton we had a record job growth. the idea that raising taxes is somehow going to kill economic growth isn't backed up by history, laura, you should know that. >> well, david, the most liberal people out there and you are probably one of them out there, might think that taxing personal property or private transactions is the answer, but the truth about this economy is that it's essentially a part-time economy. we h i think, 93% of the job gains in the past year were part-time jobs. >> yes. >> individual income is flat lining or declining for vast swaths of the middle class in this country. that's the problem. we have no growth. not that the government doesn't have enough money. we don't have enough people in the workforce paying taxes as they exist now. that's the real problem. if we don't have growth, we can tax the rich to 90%. we're still not going to pay down our debt, shrink this deficit. and solidify these programs that